When "Bittersweet: Best of Nina Simone" was released in 2000, it was extraordinary for a major label like RCA to encompass recordings of a big-time artist like Nina Simone from all the labels she recorded (Bethlehem, Colpix, Philips, and RCA). At the time, it seemed almost revolutionary for a record label to do this.

Australian-born and New York-based Nicki Parrott is a double threat: She can play the bass very competently, and has a singing voice that shares the relaxed sexiness of Julie London and the coquettishness of Blossom Dearie. She has performed and recorded with the legendary guitarist Les Paul, pianist Rachel Z and her sister Lisa Parrott. For this collection of Burt Bacharach songs, Nicki is supported by John Di Martino on piano, Paul Meyers on guitar, Harry Allen on tenor sax, and Alvin Atkinson on drums.

For the past two years, Nils Frahm has been building a brand new studio in Berlin to make his 7th studio album titled All Melody, which will be released on January 26th, 2018 via Erased Tapes, before Nils embarks on his first world tour since 2015.

Neil Young has once again teamed up with his backing band the Promise of the Real (which features Willie Nelson’s son Lukas). Their new album is called The Visitor, and it’s out December 1 via Reprise. It features a new song called “Already Great.” Neil and Promise of the Real worked together on the 2016 album EARTH and the political 2015 album The Monsanto Years. Earlier this year, Young and Promise of the Real also released a one-off single called “Children of Destiny.” The song preached an anti-Trump message: “Stand up for what you believe/Resist the powers that be.”

Legendary rocker Neil Young has shared details of an upcoming new album EARTH which will be released by Reprise Records on June 17. The album features a collection of live recordings of songs from throughout Young’s career, taped during last year’s Rebel Content Tour with Promise Of The Real.

Музыкант Kurt Uenala 3 ноября 2017 года выпустил первый альбом «Cryosleep» по вывеской Null+Void. За последние пару десятков лет в разных качествах работал с Моби, the Kills, Soulsavers, и недавно решил, что пора создать свой собственный альбом. Еще в начале работы он знал, что хочет написать песню, в которой бы принял участие Дэвид Гэхан из Depeche Mode. Этой работой стал сингл «Where I Wait» прекрасно подойдет Гэхану.

26 октября 2017 вышла новая расширенная версия альбома "Day Breaks". Расширенный трек-лист включает в себя добавление девяти песен, записанных в прямом эфире в Нью-Йорке во время выступления в Sheen Center’s Loreto Theater в октябре 2016 года. На втором диске представлены live версии песен “Don’t Know Why” и “Sunrise” в исполнении Norah (вокал, фортепиано), Chris Thomas (бас), Brian Blade (ударные), Pete Remm (Орган Хаммонда) и бэк-вокалистов из Tank And The Bangas.